London shipbroker Affinity (Shipping) has continued its investments in shipowning in a fresh deal with serial entrepreneur Tor Olav Troim.

The broker’s 2023 accounts filed to the UK’s Companies House reveals subsidiary Affinity Shipholdings II has 1.875m shares in Troim’s VLCC newbuilding venture Andes Shipping.

Affinity, led by chief executive Richard Fulford-Smith, said this equates to a 24.19%